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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

This past Monday, seven Cornell teams competing for the 11th annual Urban Land Institute-Gerald D. Hines Competition breathed a collective sigh of relief as they finished their design and financial feasibility submissions. Thirty-five Cornell graduate and fifth-year architecture students returned early from winter break to participate in the annual urban design and development competition. Sponsored by international real estate firm Hines, this year's competition centers around design ideas for redevelopment of land immediately surrounding the Minnesota Vikings stadium in Minneapolis, MN. While the plans may or may not be applied to the site, the designs must be grounded in reality, addressing urban design and financial feasibility. The winning team will receive $50,000 with finalists teams receiving $10,000 each.

While Cornell is likely to have more team representation than any other school, the number of Cornell teams is not unprecedented; in 2011, Cornell fielded ten teams. Last year only saw four teams compete. This years teams represent a broad coalition of students from across the university: Business (1), Architecture (5), Landscape Architecture (10), Planning (12), Real Estate (5), and two joint degree program students participating: Landscape/Real Estate (1) and one Landscape/Planning (1).

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Cornell's alumni networks consist of an unparalleled group ofleaders, academics and professionals. Compiled by AAP Career Services, the CRP Alumni Survey 2012 includes attending alumni in bachelors, masters and doctorate programs. Responses to last years’ survey include graduates from 1957–2012, and represent a wide range of positions and career paths from consultants to directors. A summary of some points of the survey is included in the adjacent graphic with respondents separated by degree type.

To help students succeed professionally, alumni offered counsel on the most important skills as well as general professional advice. While individual responses could not be published, themes are summarized here and original responses are available from AAP Career Services, B1 West Sibley Hall. For more information, contact AAP Career Services.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Community and Regional Development Institute’s 2012/13 David J. Allee and Paul R. Eberts Community and Economic Vitality Award will be presented on Monday, February 11th, 2013 to Mildred Warner, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University, for her years of innovative research on issues impacting families, communities and regions. The award will be given at CaRDI’s Research Roundtable Seminar on “Planning Across Generations,” to be held at Cornell University on February 11th from 12:00-2:00.

Panelists will include Professor Warner, Ruth Finkelstein (Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning, The New York Academy of Medicine), and Dana E. Friedman (Founder and President, The Early Years Institute).

Mildred Warner is a Professor of City and Regional Planning where her work focused on privatization, economic development and new models of service delivery. She has published over 65 articles in top journals and received grants from numerous foundations and US government agencies for her research. Her research is characterized by strong collaborations with local government associations which ensure its policy relevance. For more information on her research projects see http://www.mildredwarner.org.

A mixed team of MLA and MRP students recently took first place at the 2013 Ed Bacon Student Design Competition, held annually by the Philadelphia Center for Architecture. The winning entry was entitled SHIFT (Smart Hub Infrastructure for Tomorrow).

Although Mr. Bacon (B.Arch ’32) was a Cornell alumnus, this did not affect the outcome—the team produced top quality work, beating out significant national and international competition. One key strategy of the ambitious proposal was a long-term, phased implementation. This win marks the third for the university in the past four competitions, demonstrating continued excellence by the universities programs.
More information on the competition can be found here. (http://philadelphiacfa.org/competitions-bacon-student-design.php)

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

One of the many benefits of Cornell's CRP program involves weekly guest lectures. As a top-tier research university, Cornell attracts prominent practitioners, researchers, activists and urban leaders each Friday to Milstein Auditorium to present on a variety of topics. The Spring seminar is sponsored by International Studies in Planning (ISP) and focuses on urgent and foundational issues affecting urban populations worldwide. Representing an impressive list of leaders in the field, the Spring 2013 seminar lectures were recently announced:

DATE

SPEAKER

TOPIC

FEB 01

Germà Bel, Department of Economics, Universitat de
Barcelona, Spain

The Economics and Politics of High-Speed Rail: Lessons from
Experiences Abroad.

FEB 08

Elizabeth McKeon, Philanthropy Consultant

Planning Injustice

FEB 15

Stefan Ziegler, UNRWA Barrier Monitoring Unit (BMU) West
Bank.

Accomplishing Advocacy through Field-Based Research

FEB 22

Jonathan Thompson, Water and Environment Center (WCC),
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Tribal First Foods and the Umatilla River Vision: Planning and
Implementation of Large-Scale Habitat Restoration in the Inland Northwest

MAR 01

Alexander Zaitchik, Journalist, New York

Chinese Avatar in the Amazon

MAR 08

Paul Smoke, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public
Service , NYU

The Emergence of Recentralization in Developing Countries: Forms,
Motivations and Consequences

Crisis Prevention and Recovery: What does gender equality or human
rights have to do with it?

APR 05

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Director, Peace Corps

Making a Difference: Peace Corps in the 21st Century?

APR 19

Randy Stoecker, Department of Community and Environmental
Sociology, UW Madison

TBA [on CBR]

APR 26

Vani Subramanian, Film Maker, Fulbright Scholar

Delhi. New Delhi. Improved Delhi.

MAY 03

Diane E. Davis, Graduate School of Design, Harvard
University

Urban Resilience in Situations of Chronic Violence

Recently concluded, the Fall semester lecturers represented a similarly robust agglomeration of talent, innovation and experience, many with educational or professional ties to Cornell. Below is a list of this past Fall’s lectures.

SPEAKER

TOPIC

David Driskell†, Executive Director, Community Planning and
Sustainability, Boulder, Colorado